My fault entirely, but maybe you can benefit from my own (repeated) mistake I really, really, do not like un-necessary marketing and sales emails, notifications, text messages, popups, or other incursions into my digital life. Whenever I set up a new online account, almost the first place I head for is the “settings” or “options” …
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Phubbing
I was munching on my muesli this morning with half an eye on the TV news (sound turned off, of course) when an item about mobile phones got me to dig out the remote control They were talking about “phubbing”, a horrible contrived word that means “phone snubbing” and which is defined as “the act …
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WiFi and 3G
Computer clients have asked me several times recently “what is the difference between WiFi and 3g?” WiFi is a standard of localised radio transmission that is used to establish a wireless internet connection between a router and a device (computer or similar). So, your Internet Service Provider (your ISP – eg BT, Virgin, Zen etc) …
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